As the dust settles after an emotionally intense Friday evening at the Somers Town Community Centre, it’s time to recap the results from the four wards we’ve been covering.

First up, West Hampstead

John Bryant

Liberal Democrats

836

Natalie Eliades

Conservative Party

800

Nick Grierson

Conservative Party

811

Richard Griffiths

Green Party

327

Zane Hannan

Green Party

343

Keith Moffitt

Liberal Democrats

943

Magnus Nielsen

UKIP

202

David Pearce

Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

67

Angela Pober

Labour Party

1,166

Gillian Risso-Gill

Liberal Democrats

901

Phil Rosenberg

Labour Party

1,179

Andrew Saywell

Conservative Party

715

Quentin Tyler

Green Party

250

James Yarde

Labour Party

1,082

Total (inc. rejected)

9,622

Turnout

38%

Labour managed the clean sweep here (something residents will hope they can do to the streets as well), with the shock being the removal of Keith Moffitt. One suspects that if Keith had been standing in Fortune Green he’d have got back in, but the slightly more transient nature of the West Hampstead population may well have meant that national politics played a larger role here and his personal reputation counted for less.

Fortune Green next

Ian Cohen

Conservative

893

Juan Jimenez

Green Party

326

Nancy Jirira

Liberal Democrats

950

Leila Mars

Green Party

403

Lucy Oldfield

Green Party

318

Richard Olszewski

Labour & Cooperative Party

967

Andrew Parkinson

Conservative

739

Flick Rea

Liberal Democrats

1,151

Lorna Russell

Labour & Cooperative Party

1,028

Nick Russell

Liberal Democrats

865

Tom Smith

Conservative

686

Phil Turner

Labour & Cooperative Party

904

Total (inc. rejected)

9,246

Turnout

39.2%

Hard to know what’s more astonishing here: Flick coming top of the poll on a day when the Lib Dems were obliterated nationally or Labour dispatching the Tories into a distant third. The Lib Dems actually came top in Fortune Green with 32.1% of the vote, vs. Labour’s 31.3%. The Conservatives were well back at just 25%, although Ian Cohen’s 893 placed him fifth overall only 11 votes off fourth placed Phil Turner. Despite the outspoken animosity between some Labour people and Flick, hopefully these three councillors can work together on local issues.

From the two marginals, to the two safer seats

Kilburn

Sarah Astor

Green Party

402

Douglas Beattie

Labour

1,661

Richard Bourn

Green Party

276

Maryam Eslamdoust

Labour

1,611

Thomas Gardiner

Labour

1,543

Janet Grauberg

Liberal Democrats

876

Sheila Hayman

Green Party

286

Jack Holroyde

Liberal Democrats

746

James King

Liberal Democrats

883

Nick Vose

Conservative

411

Tim Wainwright

Conservative

409

John Whitehead

Conservative

357

Total (inc. rejected)

9,483

Turnout

38.31%

It was billed as a two-way fight, and that’s exactly what it was although in the end Labour’s margin of victory was more comfortable than many had thought. The Lib Dems – two of whom are former Kilburn councillors – found that their local credentials weren’t enough to unseat the incumbent Labour couple who have moved out of the area, while Mike Katz’s replacement came top of the poll.

And finally… Swiss Cottage

Chris Butler

Liberal Democrats

300

Tom Franklin

Green Party

433

Roger Freeman

Conservative

1,294

Andrew Haslam-Jones

Liberal Democrats

230

Helen Jack

Green Party

367

Andrew Marshall

Conservative

1,340

Jill Newbrook

Liberal Democrats

347

Ben Nunn

Labour

1,029

Sheila Patton

Green Party

339

Simon Pearson

Labour

1,008

Gretel Reynolds

Labour

960

Don Williams

Conservative

1,221

Total (inc. rejected)

8,886

Turnout

34.67%

A low turnout in Swiss Cottage, which is predominantly made up of the redbrick properties of South Hampstead. The Conservatives were always expected to hold this comfortably, but in the end the margins were a little close for comfort, with Labour polling very strongly indeed – in no other local ward did two candidates get more than 1,000 votes and not get a seat.